Amy Coney Barrett says faith keeps her grounded, but doesn’t inform decisions

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett talked in an interview with Bishop Robert Barron about how her Catholic faith sustains her without unduly informing her high-stakes judicial decisions.

In one episode In the first episode of “Bishop Barron Presents,” which aired Sunday, Barrett was asked what advice he would give to a young, enthusiastic Catholic looking to enter public life. She described a conversation she had with a Notre Dame law student, and Barrett said anyone wondering should “understand” and figure out what they’re called to do.

“If you think of it as a calling and something you’re called to do, I don’t think that can ever be the most important thing,” he said.

“So I think trusting in your faith and who you are and being right with the Lord, so you don’t get tossed all over the place like a ship because there are so many pressures.”

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“I think being a down-to-earth person, as we’ve discussed before, is not because my faith influences the substance of the decisions I make. It’s definitely not, but I think it grounds me as a person,” he added. “This is who I am as a person, and that is what allows me to keep my work in public life in perspective, to remain who I am and to strive to be the person I hope to be despite the pressures of public life.”

Barrett became the fifth woman to join the Supreme Court with her narrow confirmation after being nominated by President Donald Trump in 2020. He formed a conservative majority on the high court, filling the vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after her death that year.

Barrett, a devout Catholic who teaches at Notre Dame, has been scrutinized for her religion and whether it influences her jurisprudence. He is the author of Roe v. Dobbs’ landmark 2022 abortion decision. He was one of six justices who voted to overturn Wade’s case.

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When Barrett was appointed to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017, she was appointed by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. He was memorably questioned about his faith by. Feinstein told Barrett that the “dogma” of Catholic beliefs “lives loudly within you, and that’s concerning when it comes to big issues that so many people in this country have been fighting for for years.”

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 12, 2020. (AP)

Barrett told Feinstein: “Senator, I see no conflict between having a sincere belief and duties as a judge… If I were confirmed as a judge, I would decide cases from beginning to end according to the rule of law, adding that she would “never impose her personal opinions on the law.”

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In an excerpt from her book, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and the Constitution,” published Sept. 9, Barrett described her struggle to reconcile her personal beliefs with her duty to protect the Constitution.

In one anecdote, he described his personal opposition to the death penalty but still ruled in favor of reinstating the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in 2022.

Supreme Court building. (J. Scott Applewhite, File/AP Photo)

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Barrett said she would be interfering with voters’ right to self-government if she twisted the law to confirm her stance on the death penalty, and that her office does not give her the authority to align the legal system with her own moral or political views.

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“I found voting unpleasant and wish our system worked differently,” he wrote. “Still, I had no doubt that voting to confirm the sentence was the right thing for me.”